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           HehadflownoutandlookedateachofthesevenpossiblestheyhadpickedfromphotosoncethepositionattheUniversityofMainewassolidlyhis,andthiswastheonehehadchosen:abigoldNewEnglandcolonial(butnewlysidedandinsulated;theheatingcosts,whilehorribleenough,werenotoutoflineintermsofconsumption),threebigroomsdownstairs,fourmoreup,alongshedthatmightbeconvertedtomoreroomslateronallofitsurroundedbyaluxuriantsprawloflawn,lushlygreeneveninthisAugustheat.

           Beyondthehousewasalargefieldforthechildrentoplayin,andbeyondthefieldwerewoodsthatwentondamnnearforever.Thepropertyabuttedstatelands,therealtorhadexplained,andtherewouldbenodevelopmentintheforeseeablefuture.TheremainsoftheMicmacIndiantribehadlaidclaimtonearlyeightthousandacresinLudlowandinthetownseastofLudlow,andthecomplicatedlitigation,involvingthefederalgovernmentaswellasthatofthestate,mightstretchintothenextcentury.

           Rachelstoppedcryingabruptly.Shesatup."Isthat"

           "That’sit,"Louissaid.Hefeltapprehensiveno,hefeltscared.Infacthefeltterrified.Hehadmortgagedtwelveyearsoftheirlivesforthis;itwouldn’tbepaidoffuntilEileenwasseventeen.

           Heswallowed.

           "Whatdoyouthink?"

           "Ithinkit’sbeautiful,"Rachelsaid,andthatwasahugeweightoffhischestandoffhismind.

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